Homelessness decreased slightly last year in New York City and New York State according to numbers released by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban last week. There were 77,943 homeless individuals in New York City on a single night in January 2020 and 91,271 statewide. Both state and city homeless populations are roughly 1 […]
City & State recently published their Real Estate Power 100 list which highlighted significant players in the real estate industry. NYHC Executive Director, Rachel Fee took the 51st spot for her work in affordable housing policy. The publication mentioned her organizing efforts around the United for Housing report, which compiled housing recommendations for the next […]
The $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan Act was passed by Congress this week! It delivers significant direct aid to New York State and New York City and urgently needed assistance will go to households most impacted by COVID-19 including housing assistance for renters, homeowners and those experiencing or at risk of being homeless. We thank […]
Rep. Hakeem Jeffries was on The Brian Lehrer Show on WNYC and he discussed politics and policy, including the housing safety net ideas raised in NY Daily News Op-Ed he co-authored with New York Housing Conference Executive Director, Rachel Fee. Jeffries explained the need to fully fund the Section 8 rental assistance program and move it to […]
Renters and landlords are hurting in New York but the good news is that aid from Washington is now on its way. We have been receiving many questions about program status: Is OTDA on track to open a application portal in March? How can landlords and tenants prepare to apply? Will the Albany legislate additional requirements […]
Rachel Fee, Executive Director of New York Housing Conference (NYHC) and the Rising Leaders Network (RLN) welcomed Diane Yentel, Executive Director of National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC) to discuss federal housing policy. They talked through the American Rescue Plan which is moving quickly through Congress and if passed in its current form will provide […]
New York Housing Conference sent a letter to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer pointing to concerns with the formula used to allocate Emergency Rental Assistance funding in December’s Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021, which included Covid-relief. The formula allocated $25 billion in emergency rental assistance to states and local jurisdictions based on population. However, the […]
New York Housing Conference joined with New York’s leading advocates and experts related to affordable and supportive housing to send a letter to Gov. Andrew Cuomo, Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins, and Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie calling for the passage of legislation (S.2193/A.3807, sponsored by Senator Brian Kavanagh and Assembly Member Steven Cymbrowitz) that would […]
New York Housing Conference submitted comments last week to the Federal Reserve Board about their proposed rulemaking and reforms to the Community Reinvestment Act. New York Housing Conference appreciates the Federal Reserve Board’s interest in strengthening the CRA so that banks can better meet the credit needs of low- and moderate-income communities and communities of […]
In an op-ed published in the New York Daily News, NYHC executive director Rachel Fee and Rep. Hakeem Jeffries called for bold federal solutions to fix America’s housing crisis. In the op-ed, they called for Section 8 and Section 9 (public housing) funding to be moved to the mandatory side of the federal budget. “This […]